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Well, it is almost Christmas and like you, I have been terribly busy. However, I made the time to create a little Christmas present for you guys.One of my readers, Barbara, wrote me an email asking if I had ever seen of an action that would turn a color image B&W yet leave denim jeans blue. I haven't come across an action like that, so I decided to write one that night.

This action works in both Photoshop and Photoshop Elements and gives you 3 versions of denim to choose from: Classic Blue, Faded, or Bright and New. Just click on the eye icon by the layer you want to turn on. If there are parts of your image which still have color you want to remove, just click on the black layer mask in the "Remove Color" layer, then paint over the color part in the image with a white brush to "erase" it. Don't forget to flatten your image when done!

This action does not only work on blue jeans, use it in any image where you want to selectively color blue; like clothing, eyes, or landscapes. Galveston Island, TX (this summer before hurricane Ike devastated it during the fall) in this case.

If you want to use an action that will work with any color, please check out my Selective Color Action. I have plenty of things headed your way on this blog, including more actions (Pretty Portrait, White Chocolate Latte, more color pops, and B&W) plus more tutorials and custom papers/card templates. So please come and visit the CoffeeShop when you get a chance! I really appreciate all of your wonderful comments here. Have a Merry Christmas!!!

Want all of my favorite CoffeeShop Actions or Design Elements in one simple download AND help support this blog? Just click here for my action pack or here for a download of some of my most popular design elements, storyboards, and textures. For complete info on installing all of my actions, click here.

I want to learn how you made your navigation tabs. Your blog is completely INSPIRING! I'm saving it to my favorites! I'm trying to learn and reteach to my bloggies and scrapping friends. Thanks for everything!

This is WAY fabulous!! Thank you so much for sharing all your goodies with us. I especially love that they work with PSE. It is just so awesome that you can create these things! I'm so dumb when it comes to stuff like this. THANKS again you totally ROCK!!

Merry Christmas & a Blessed and Happy New Year to you and yours,Michelle

Hi. Thank you very much for all the actions. I have a problem running this action with PSE6. When I click the action, I see the ongoing changes with the photo, but the final photo will just revert back to the original version. hmmm

Loved the denim action. Is there a way to select a different color? I did a big group (21 People) and they were all wearing Ohio State Colors so i would like to select the red. If not, that is ok. I still love the denim.

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I am a stay-at-home Mom to two naughty but adorable young boys (Duke is 10 and Imp is 7) in Texas and passionate about photography and photo-editing.
If you love using my free CoffeeShop creations and would like to make a donation to Rita the self-professed photo-editing photography geek of CoffeeShop, please follow this link! This blog is possible because of your generous support.